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r <br />2$ <br />POOL - SEidAG? DISPOSAL <br />Assist In providing adequate and a <br />,facilities for current and r sewage disposal <br />r eeside.ate sidents. <br />future <br />A. General policies <br /> <br /> <br />1• Sewage disposal needs. should be met in a <br />consistent with the land use plans -all manner <br />management policies of Orange County, growth <br />municipalities within the count aad jurisdictions; watershed protection surroundiag <br />and <br />eavirommental protection polic <br />2. The type of sewage' disposal facilities for an area should. be identified as a appropriate <br />the magnitude of present and futc??•e decnaadt1theof <br />distribution of users; the present aAd potential <br />availability of. public utility services; and the <br />capacity of the natural environment to absorb the <br />.impact. The determination of appropriate types of <br />sewage disposal facilities in the County should be <br />made in close cooperatica with utility service <br />providers, both public and private, and with <br />municipalities. <br />3. Oa-site disposal.should be encouraged in low- <br />density and rural areas where soil conditions are <br />acceptable. The County should establish a public <br />education program to inform home and property <br />owners of issues, concerns, and.-Operation and <br />x(laintenance needs associated with on,-site <br />disposal systems, sewage <br />4- Wastewater disposal shall be accomplished and <br />discharge shall be treated in compliance with all <br />applicable local, state, and Federal laws and <br />regulations. <br />Alternative systems-Policies <br />1 • The elimination of administrative ar3d informational <br />barriers to the use of safes, sanitary alternative <br />llstewater treatment systems within the County <br />should be encouraged. The adequate long-term <br />operation of such system must be assured. <br />2. '?-'l.tarnative wastewater treatment systems include: <br />a. Discharge systems such as package treatment <br />plants which discharge into a natural, water <br />course and do not depend are the soil for <br />treatment. <br />b: Nan-discharge systems which are used where